Ben-Nadav Hafri

uh directly behind my house i was just walking down my street one day when an ambulance rushed by and i saw this dopey yellow lab stiffen and howl i'd know that howl anywhere i rushed over and i was like hey i've got a question about your dog and his owner was very obliging his name is joe the dog's name davey and a while later i came by their house for an interview

uh directly behind my house i was just walking down my street one day when an ambulance rushed by and i saw this dopey yellow lab stiffen and howl i'd know that howl anywhere i rushed over and i was like hey i've got a question about your dog and his owner was very obliging his name is joe the dog's name davey and a while later i came by their house for an interview

I'm curious if you could tell me about... when you realized that you had a sort of eccentric dog. Oh.

I'm curious if you could tell me about... when you realized that you had a sort of eccentric dog. Oh.

It turns out Davey is starting a movement.

It turns out Davey is starting a movement.

But he's always the first howler.

But he's always the first howler.

Their owners must be thrilled. Jen is a psychologist. Joe is a composer for film and television. So together, they're experts on mammalian behavior and sound. So I'm inclined to believe their analysis of Davey's views on the siren subject. He's not in distress, which means he's not going to be the poster child for my anti-siren campaign. But I hadn't given up yet.

Their owners must be thrilled. Jen is a psychologist. Joe is a composer for film and television. So together, they're experts on mammalian behavior and sound. So I'm inclined to believe their analysis of Davey's views on the siren subject. He's not in distress, which means he's not going to be the poster child for my anti-siren campaign. But I hadn't given up yet.

Do you share this view of Davey's how origins or what's... So there's another theory.

Do you share this view of Davey's how origins or what's... So there's another theory.

Jen and Joe are very neighborly people. I'm glad to know them now. Even if their dog is a huge disappointment to my anti-siren crusade, seeing as he really loves sirens. But it makes sense. It goes back to that evolutionary theory Malcolm was talking about at the top of the episode. The idea of the spandrel, and the things in our bodies and our worlds that we think we're selected for.

Jen and Joe are very neighborly people. I'm glad to know them now. Even if their dog is a huge disappointment to my anti-siren crusade, seeing as he really loves sirens. But it makes sense. It goes back to that evolutionary theory Malcolm was talking about at the top of the episode. The idea of the spandrel, and the things in our bodies and our worlds that we think we're selected for.

but actually are just there and maybe not doing us a whole lot of good. Davey's howl isn't quite a spandrel, if we're being pedantic. It's more like a vestige. He thinks he's living with a pack of dogs in the wild, but he's not. He's a house dog who lives in Brooklyn. A block away from a busy grocery store. A playground. A frustrated podcaster. A New York City government employee.

but actually are just there and maybe not doing us a whole lot of good. Davey's howl isn't quite a spandrel, if we're being pedantic. It's more like a vestige. He thinks he's living with a pack of dogs in the wild, but he's not. He's a house dog who lives in Brooklyn. A block away from a busy grocery store. A playground. A frustrated podcaster. A New York City government employee.

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Revisionist History is produced by me, Ben Nadeff-Haffrey, Nina Byrd-Lawrence, and Lucy Sullivan. Our editor is Karen Shakerji. Original scoring and theme by Luis Guerra. Additional scoring by Jake Gorski. Jacob Smith is our executive producer. Engineering by Marcelo de Oliveira.

Revisionist History is produced by me, Ben Nadeff-Haffrey, Nina Byrd-Lawrence, and Lucy Sullivan. Our editor is Karen Shakerji. Original scoring and theme by Luis Guerra. Additional scoring by Jake Gorski. Jacob Smith is our executive producer. Engineering by Marcelo de Oliveira.